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Windows Mobile 6.5.1 screenshots appear, look more like it
The Windows Mobile 6.5 has been around for less than a month now but Microsoft are already busy preparing an update for it. Good for them as so far nobody is overly excited about their iterative OS upgrade. And from what the leaked screenshots suggest, the next version might actually be good for something.
The new screenshots show that the guys over at Redmond took touch-experience pretty serious this time (yeah, yeah - we know it was about time). The tiny little interface elements that have been around for ages are now replaced with bigger and more thumbable ones.
The contacts menu has obviously been completely redesigned and the start menu button is moved to the lower end of the screen rather than the upper. As it seems, the tabbed interface has also been changed with tab indications moved to the top. This version (be it called 6.5.1 or whatever) is what the 6.5 should have been in the first place. The petty excuse for an upgrade that was presented to us by Microsoft in the beginning of the month hardly delivered on any of the promises made but if any of those mockups are real, things seem to be going in the right direction. Now what about an official confirmation and some availability terms announcement? With WinMo 7 coming next year it can't be too far away now, can it?
11 Benefits of Windows 7
Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 3.5 RTM
inside you will find:
NETCFv35.wce.armv4.cab
NETCFv35.wm.armv4i.cab
NETCFv35.ppc.armv4.cab
For more detailed information, go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=349367
Get It Wrong Before You Google to Learn It Better
We live in an era where the answer to almost any fact-based question is no further than a Google search away, but Scientific American highlights a study suggesting subjects forced to get something wrong before being told the answer learn it better.
In many ways the results don't seem terribly surprising—everyone's had that one fact they remember better than all the rest because it was the one they kept getting wrong. But it also flies in the face of the way many schools teach their students and the way the internet has spoiled us.
People remember things better, longer, if they are given very challenging tests on the material, tests at which they are bound to fail. In a series of experiments, they showed that if students make an unsuccessful attempt to retrieve information before receiving an answer, they remember the information better than in a control condition in which they simply study the information. Trying and failing to retrieve the answer is actually helpful to learning.It's easy to understand the idea, whether or not the study's findings surprise you, but keep them in mind next time you're about to google something and consider getting it wrong on your own before you go looking for the quick answer elsewhere. (Adam Pash - Lifehacker.com)
Sony Ericsson XPERIA Rachael set to become X10 instead of X3
Some new leaked info claims that the upcoming XPERIA X3 codenamed Rachael won't be called X3 as previously suggested. It's most probable name will be XPERIA X10 instead and its expected release is February 2010 - just in time for the MWC 2010.
As rumors have it, the new Android-based XPERIA should be announced in the beginning of November, however as the new information suggests, it will become available only several months later - in February 2010.
As a tipster with insider knowledge reports, the XPERIA X10 has a impressively large screen and it's ultra thin plus it feels quite light. The interface looks spiffy and does not resemble the HTC Hero UI. So far the preliminary XPERIA X10 specs that we have posted in our rumor section seem to be valid exactly as leaked before.
Well, we have to wait to see whether any of all this stuff becomes true, however in meantime the XPERIA X2 is due to become available soon and you can read our first impressions here.
Android 2.0 Features Combined Inbox, "Car Home"
The Boy Genius Report got its hands on the upcoming Android Verizon phone, "Droid," and toured its early-release 2.0 firmware. The blog finds a few keen features to be released, including a unified inbox and voice-controlled car accessibility. The screens come from Motorola's phone, now heavily advertised over the weekend as a direct competitor to the iPhone, but the Android 2.0 features will presumably make their way to Android phones of all stripes (eventually). The neatest stuff inside, from a usability standpoint, includes a "Car Home" that presents big buttons and voice-controlled instructions, like saying "map of wendys" and getting a Google Map filled with the popular square-burger-patty chain. A "combined inbox" loads your work email messages, SMS, Facebook pings, important blog updates, and other messages into one screen (though Gmail remains separate), and settings offerings like haptic feedback (subtle vibration) for virtual keys, selective account syncing, and other offerings.
What's still missing from Android 2.0 from a software standpoint? Tell us your take on the presumed future of Google's open source phone system in the comments. -Kevin Purdy - Lifehacker.com
Top-rated monitors for less than $200
Lately, I've received plenty of requests from readers asking for my recommendations of sub-$200 monitors. First off, I want to apologize that I haven't made time to answer each of your e-mails individually, but I figure this is the next best thing.
The list of the five best sub-$200 monitors comes with a couple of caveats:
- Only monitors that have received full reviews in the the calendar year 2009 are eligible.
- All monitors must have been in stock at an online retailer at the time of posting.
- The prices are taken from the regular prices of the major e-tailers (Amazon, Newegg, monitor vendor).(Cnet.com).
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